Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1887-12-18
THE WEEKLY INDEPENDENT.
FroI:. Saturdays Daily.
sALMAGUNDI.

Roller skating at Freeman Hall to-
night. Drop in and try the rollers.
A Washington dispatch Of the 9th
instant says. The Republican National
Convention goes TO Chicago. the Nation
al Committee having selected iLnt city.
The iron railroad bridge ncrnss the
Missouri river II few miles below Kansas
City is about completed. II is one of
the big bridges of the world. II is T.
1872 feet long, weigh 81 .275 tons. is 50
feet above high water, aud its towers
are 200 feet high.
S. +. Post;-Mr. MsCord's counsel
believes that no mnu who hns a preju.
dice against jury bibing has n right to
try their client. A iurv Of twelve men
who did not believe jury bribing to be a
crime. but rather a laudlble affair after
oil. is what McCuri needs.
Times II 'view:-So far ~ Published,
the financial condition OF our local
mines on the first OF December was rs
follows: Cash on hand-Snrth Bile
l-lc. unsold bullion. SOL. 322 80; Iude-
pendcncc. S6,O5! "a. Indebtedness
Common wealth, S27 1868 OF; Nevada
Queen. S53,O3j ~.
According 10 a Montana paper the to-.
t"l amount paid ont under the oil boun-
y laws from the first day of January Of
this year until the law was repealed
reaches the goodly sum of $50, 100 10.
IT went for 7U9,9i2 squirrel skins, 10
10 prairie Digs, 2,5GT COYOTES. l.jSl
wolves, 29i bears, ana lGI lions.
A list Of Grand Jurors summoned
% serve at the January term Of Court,
clipped from this mornings Free Press.
is published to-day. Had our comfy
O~ficISlS been Kind enough to give the
list to this paper AZ voc Hs il WA gwen
TO the Free Press the l.st would have
appeared in this weeks WEEKLY INDIE
The Paso Robles Moon snys:-"Ed.
j. Ctrpehux. OF the Wine House. has
laid out a neat garden next TO his
saloon, aud before the Spring brcezes
blow he expects To have sweet migno-
nette. lilacs aud roses blooming there.
a neat cottage may follow soon"
Wonder il he has any serious intentions
committing mntrimony2
Chicago News The fame of Chicago
~ = winter resort has spread rs far rs
Los Angeles, California, and a party
from that city arrived yesterday to enjoy
this glorious climate Los Ang les Inns
also set mp some claims TO being a win
ter resort. but. OF course. those claims
are ~ nothing when compared with
Cbicngo's real advantages.
A saloon in Los Angeles di.ylaycd n
sign during the recent city election cam.
pai9u there: "Vote for Thurstun and
get your beer" II goes witnout saying
that Thur~ton il n Drmocrnt.-LEx.
Certainly II does; for no member OF the
Grand Old Party Of Great Moral Ideas
was ever known to touch, taste or
hnndI, the uncl'an thing, aud Ncvada's
State officers are all Republicans.
Some alarm has been created by n
rumor that has gained currency To the
effect that savcrnl OF @. NJ, Riddles
children hal dipthcria. We are H..
formed by MIR. KIddlc himself that the
report is entirely without foundation.
noae OF his children being sick, and
oily ono Of them high'iy indisposcd.
In order to satisfy himself and the pub-
lie Sir. Riddle called DR.. Mrigs in this
morning whu. on examination. found
that II Of the chill 1ren IL slightly nj.
fcctcd with sore throat aud mouth. Only
that md nothing more.